History NightmareFuel / EverAfterHigh

* The jabberwocky. It turns Ever After High into a twisted copy of Wonderland, [[BalefulPolymorph transforming most of the students into objects and animals]] while it's at it. It gains power by absorbing Wonder from Wonderland residents, as it does from Maddie's dad in the climax. And if it can't absorb anything, it just eats people.

** The fact that Apple is implied to have had a minor mental breakdown on Raven ''not'' signing the book - it explains everything she does. She's so broken over things changing in a way she doesn't want, that she does ''whatever she must'', even [[spoiler:unleashing the Evil Queen to ''make'' Raven evil]], to get the destiny she wants and/or needs to be mentally sane.

* The [[spoiler:fake]] BadFuture Raven sees in the Wishing Well in ''Thronecoming''.

* Briar's destiny as shown in ''Thronecoming'', visualized by [[spoiler:vines with pretty little pink roses wrapping around Apple's body, covering the room and guarded by some sort of tree monster. Worst of all is how quickly it happens - Apple accidentally touches the spindle, goes limp and they come in through the window. Her hand is raised, finger is still bloody.]] Hats off to the animators making what should be a pretty peaceful fate look so unnerving.

* At the end of ''Way Too Wonderland'', the Evil Queen [[spoiler:hints that Raven signing the Storybook of Legends and inheriting her powers are parts of her plan to escape]].
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVBhsYW9UsY trailer]] for ''Dragon Games'' reveals that [[spoiler: the Evil Queen [[OhCrap has escaped]].]]
* The [[spoiler: Hood-Badwolf]] Family situation. Think about it. [[spoiler: You and your spouse are supposed to and expected to be sworn enemies, but you can't help but fall in love with each other. And because of how your story goes, your daughters are forced to pretend they don't know their other parent and probably have to either act like enemies or pretend they don't know each other in public. ''AND,'' given what their roles in their stories are, one of them is supposed to ''eat her own sister'' before getting either killed or driven out of town.]] All while constantly checking to make sure that no one can know about this because every single bit of it is against the rules.
** And the books make it worse by showing what can/will happen if they're exposed. [[spoiler: Cerise is threatened with banishment. And even though she won the trial to prevent said banishment, many Hood Hollowers and Wolves are still bitter over her heritage. And Badwolf states that not only could he lose his job at Ever After High if their secret is out, but he and Red Riding Hood could be banished along with the rest of the family. Though Cerise says that it probably will be a while until their secret is exposed, she still expects it to be out someday and seems to accept that the consequences are a very likely possibility.]]

* Bella sister's [[spoiler:fake corpse. Found in a dank cave with the abandoned, rotting remains of an awful, solitary life, with "I SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THE BOOK!" signed above her in bright red paint.]]
* The Puppy Potion. Imagine being in Raven's shoes, innocently pouring a mixture onto your pet puppy to watch it [[spoiler:turn into a horrible bone rat.]]
* Why does Apple want to stick to the story so much? [[spoiler:It doesn't involve accidentally falling into a well, and drowning to death.]] Sure, she was [[spoiler:only there for 2 minutes]] but still.
* Raven's nightmare about what would happen to the Snow White story and its characters if she refused to sign. [[spoiler:Apple's head in a goblin bowl shouting "Boo" is particularly chilling--more so because it's the last image before her CatapultNightmare.]]

* The climax: [[spoiler:the Evil Queen]] came ''this'' close to freedom.
* The jabberwocky is free. And it's just going to take a nap before it starts to wreak havoc...

*** [[spoiler:It waits, but only a few months tops.]]

* The jabberwocky. It turns Ever After High into a twisted copy of Wonderland, [[BalefulPolymorph transforming most of the students into objects and animals]] while it's at it. It gains power by absorbing Wonder from Wonderland residents, [[spoiler: as it does from Maddie's dad in the climax.]] And if it can't absorb anything, it just eats people.

* Sparrow Hood coming very close to ''killing'' Lizzie Hearts [[spoiler:by scaring her horse so badly it got spooked by the troll at the bridge and ejected Lizzie into a ravine (with an entire crowd of students and faculty watching, no less)]], just to get the prize in Mr. Badwolf's treasure vault. It's a good thing Duchess transformed when she did, otherwise...

* At one point in ''Epic Winter'' Briar enters the tower room in Sleeping Beauty's castle. She sees the spindle, her face goes blank and immediately starts walking towards it. Without any hesitation she reaches out to touch it. The fact that if Crystal Winter hadn't stopped her she would have just walked over to it and pricked herself, despite already knowing what would happen if she did and making it clear several times before ''Epic Winter'' that she does not want this to happen to her in the least, is extremely sobering. It says a lot that even Faybelle, Briar's ''own villain'', gasps in horror when Briar very nearly ''does'' touch the spindle.

* At one point in ''Epic Winter'' Briar enters the tower room in Sleeping Beauty's castle. She sees the spindle and immediately starts walking towards it, hand outstretched to touch it. If Crystal Winter hadn't stopped her she would have been put to sleep for the next hundred years. It says a lot that even Faybelle, Briar's ''own villain'', gasps in horror when Briar nearly pricks her finger.

** And keep in mind, for the above two points, these girls are probably no younger than 14. A whole town is literally prejudiced and suspicious enough to want to kill (in Raven's case) or banish (in Cerise's case) two kids who can't help who their parents are.

** Also, keep in mind, she's only about 14-15-years-old and i

** And keep in mind, for the above two points, these girls are probably no younger than 14. A whole town is literally prejudiced and suspicious enough to want to hurt two kids who can't help who their parents are.

** And keep in mind, for the above two points, these girls are probably only 14 or 15. A whole town is literally prejudiced and suspicious enough to want to hurt two kids who can't help who their parents are.

** And keep in mind, for the above two points, these girls are probably no younger than 14. A whole town is literally prejudiced and suspicious enough to want to hurt two kids who can't help who their parents are.

** And the books make it worse by showing what can/will happen if they're exposed. [[spoiler: Cerise is threatened with banishment. And even though she won the trial to prevent said banishment, many Hood Hollowers and Wolves are still bitter over her heritage. And Badwolf states that not only could he lose his job at Ever After High if they're secret is out, but he and Red Riding Hood could be banished along with the rest of the family. Though Cerise says that it probably will be a while until their secret is exposed, she still expects it to be out someday and seems to accept that the consequences are a very likely possibility.]]

** And the books make it worse by showing what can/will happen if they're exposed. [[spoiler: Cerise is threatened with banishment. And even though she won the trial to prevent said banishment, many Hood Hollowers and Wolves are still bitter over her heritage. And Badwolf states that not only could he lose his job at Ever After High if they're secret is out, but he and Red Riding Hood could be banished along with the rest of the family. And while Cerise states that it probably will be a while until their secret is exposed, she still expects the consequences to happen someday.]]

** Just the whole idea becomes kind of jarring because it's that not far off from some real life refugees who are forced to flee their countries because of forces out of their control. While Wonderland itself doesn't seem to be doing too bad and the Wonderlandians that managed to escape are shown to be doing well in Ever After, some, like Kitty and Lizzie, [[SurvivorsGuilt are pretty troubled over having to leave people behind]] and are quite worried about their loved ones.

** Just the whole idea becomes kind of jarring because it's that not far off from some real life refugees who are forced to flee their countries because of forces out of their control. While the Wonderlandians that managed to escape are shown to be doing well in Ever After, some, like Kitty and Lizzie, [[SurvivorsGuilt are pretty troubled over having to leave people behind]] and are quite worried about their loved ones.

** Just the whole idea becomes kind of jarring because it's not far off from some real life refugees who are forced to flee their countries because of forces out of their control. While the Wonderlandians that managed to escape are shown to be doing well in Ever After, some, like Kitty and Lizzie, [[SurvivorsGuilt are pretty troubled over having to leave people behind]] and are quite worried about their loved ones.

** Just the whole idea becomes kind of jarring because it's not that far off compared to some real life refugees who are forced to flee their countries because of forces out of their control. While the Wonderlandians are shown to be doing alright in Ever After, some, like Kitty and Lizzie, [[SurvivorsGuilt are pretty troubled over having to leave people behind]] and are quite worried about their loved ones.

** Just the whole idea becomes kind of jarring because it's not that far off compared to some real life refugees who are forced to flee their countries because of forces out of their control. While the Wonderlandians are shown to be doing alright in Ever After, some, like Lizzie, [[SurvivorsGuilt are pretty troubled over having to leave people behind]] and are quite worried about their loved ones.

** Just the whole idea becomes kind of jarring because it's not that far off compared to some real life refugees who are forced to flee their countries because of forces out of their control. While the Wonderlandians are shown to be doing alright in Ever After, some, like Kitty, [[SurvivorsGuilt are pretty troubled over having to leave people behind]].

* The [[spoiler: Hood-Badwolf]] Family situation. Think about it. [[spoiler: You and your spouse are supposed to and expected to be sworn enemies, but you can't help but fall in love with each other. And your daughters are forced to pretend they don't know their other parent and either act like enemies or pretend they don't know each other in public. ''AND,'' given what their roles in their stories are, one of them is supposed to ''eat her own sister'' before getting either killed or driven out of town.]] All while constantly checking to make sure that no one can know about this because every single bit of it is against the rules.

** Just the whole idea becomes kind of jarring because it's not that far off compared to some real life refugees who are forced to flee their countries because of forces out of their control. While the Wonderlandians are shown to be doing alright in Ever After, some, like Kitty, [[SurvivorsGuilt are clearly affected over having to leave people behind]].